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RADIKAL TECHNOLOGIES RT-311 Manual

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  • Page 1 
 RT-311 SWARM OSCILLATOR A short summary in english…...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1.) RT-311 Swarm Oscillator ....................... 03
 1.1) Basic operating modes ....................1.1.1) Brief description of the operating modes ............04
 1.2) General operating instructions ................... 05
 1.3) Installation of the module ................... 06
 
 2.) The operation in detail ......................

  • Page 3: Rt-311 Swarm Oscillator

    LFO or an external modulation source.
 To control the pitch, the RT-311 has a control voltage input calibrated to 1V / Oct. This input can be quantized as required. During the quantization, only pitches of a certain tone sequence (scale) are output.

  • Page 4: Basic Operating Modes

    1.1.) Basic operating modes The RT-311 Swarm oscillator has 6 operating modes:
 
 I. Manual Mode
 II. Interpolator Mode
 III. EDIT Snapshot Mode IV. Configuration-Edit Mode
 V. Save and load programs.
 VI. Photo-Mode 
 1.1.1 Brief description of the operating modes:
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  • Page 5: General Operating Instructions

    
 V. Memory Mode: Save and load programs (Hold the Memory/Sync-Button)
 When you press the Memory button on the left side, you will see an LED animation that closes a circle from bottom to top. As soon as the circle is closed, ->...

  • Page 6: Installation Of The Module

    On "bended" follows quickly "break", if one tries to bend the pins into shape multiple times. The RT-311 module consists of two PCB boards that are stacked on top of each other. The smaller board is the DSP circuit board, the larger carries the controls and is bolted to the front plate.
  • Page 7 Now take a look at the power supply bus board of the modular system and the connection cable of the new module. The first wire is marked red in the supplied flat ribbon cable. On the bus board in a Eurorack housing, the lowest two contacts carry -12V.

  • Page 8: The Operation In Detail

    We come to the actual operation. It is best to make three connections: 
 
 1.) RT-311 OUT 1 - this is the audio output of the first Oscillator bank.
 2.) RT-311 OUT 2 - this is the audio output of the second Oscillator bank.

  • Page 9: 2) Oscillator 2

    TLM (Time Linearity Modulation) deforms the waveshape of the oscillator waveform. A modulation of time linearity? You are sure to ask yourself spontaneously whether it is possible to travel through time with the help of TLM? But we must disappoint you. The physical phenomena involved are not yet sufficient.

  • Page 10: Swarm Parameters

    Turning this FM-depth parameter knob all the way to the left, the pitch tracking of the Oscillator 1 FM voltage input tracks with 1V/octave. This option offers oscillator 2 at its FM-2 input as well. In this way, the RT-311...
  • Page 11 can be controlled like a two voice polyphonic module. Both oscillator swarms have independent outputs. That allows for processing both audio signals independently. In conjunction with our RT-451 Dual Filter Module, you have independent multimode filters for both outputs. 1V/Oct-Input and Scale-knob This jack accepts the keyboard voltage in Volt/Octave.

  • Page 12: Interpolator Mode

    
 Mode/Shift button The Mode / Shift button toggles between Cycle mode and Manual mode. It can also quantize parameter changes during editing. To do this, hold down the key during the parameter input. Some controllers have an alternative controller assignment. The alternative parameter is highlighted with an upwardly open frame.
  • Page 13 If there runs already an animation in the LED circle, first turn it off. To do this, set the speed control to the center position and the spread control to the center position at 12:00 and the tempo control also to the midpoint 12:00. Now the animation should have stopped.
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  • Page 14: Change The Direction Of Movement

    voltage, or a velocity dynamics or an aftertouch. A wide range of dynamically playable sound colors is thereby opened up. You can approach new sound changes just with the aid of the mute, the spread parameter and the circle controller. SPREAD
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  • Page 15: Delete Snapshots

    
 
 4.1) Deleting of Snapshots In Edit Snapshot mode, you can also completely delete snapshots. To do this, select a snapshot with the circle controller and press the Mute button. The selected snapshot is deleted. 5.) Configuration-Edit Mode In configuration edit mode, you can set general system parameters. This includes, for example, the basic tuning, the LED brightness, the LED color of the interpolator LED animation and the setting for a quantizer sync clock output.

  • Page 16: Save And Load Programs

    6.) Save and load programs The swarm oscillator not only allows for the storage of individual snapshots, but also the storage and loading of 8 complete programs including the 8 snapshots. To enter the Memory-Menu, press and hold the Memory/Sync-Button. An animation is running in the LED circle as with the call of the Configuration-Menu.

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